One of the explorers, Eve, wrote a report on Summer Camp. Here it is… “In August, Highgate and Hornsey ESU embarked on their first summer camp as an explorer unit, to Great Tower campsite in the Lake District. We were all very excited about the campsite since we knew this […]

27 Explorer scouts from HHESU, WWESU and TESU undertook a practice expedition for their Duke of Edinburgh. We had 1 Gold team, 1 Silver team and the rest Bronze. All of the teams had to complete their weekend as if it was the real expedition. Tents were put up on […]

We’re in the paper! After signing up to the No More Page 3 campaign, we’re in the Ham & High, on Page 3 in the print version, obviously! Also, we’re not quite sure why, but there are two versions of the story. In the second one, Lynne Featherstone said we […]

Last Monday, we joined the ‘No More Page 3’ campaign in support of GirlGuiding UK. The explorers came to their decision after a debate during our weekly meeting where the topic was properly proposed, challenged and defended. The group voted overwhelming to get rid of Page 3 as it is […]

Over the Easter weekend 14 representatives (“dudes”) from Haringey’s Highgate & Horney ESU visited the Cornish coast for a long weekend of Surfing. After a long drive through the Easter getaway traffic on Friday, the Unit arrived in Cornwall at around 9pm, leaving just enough time for dinner before settling […]

Last week we traveled the world with our international food night! 5 teams, 8 countries and our amazing Explorer Chefs! Here is a run down of what was on the menu: American Chilli Mexican Fajitas Chicken Madras Italian Meatballs Australian Kangaroo burgers Spanish Sangria South African Fruit Salad American Chocolate […]

The Southern 50 was much enjoyed by all that took part, apart from the blisters and the general aching of the body! Even better, we actually won that trophy we were talking about before! Woop, Woop! Our teams came in 1st and 17th out of the 37 teams that took […]